World Politics is an internationally recognized journal that is devoted to advancing the scholarly discipline of political science through the publication of novel theoretical and empirical contributions in comparative politics and international relations.
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Has #AI killed the #punctuation star---the em dash? Emphatically, no! As @npr.org reminded us more than a year ago: It's not its use per se that points to AI, it's its incorrect use. When used correctly, it can be a powerful punctuation mark---for the writer & reader. www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
Time for another Encode/Decode! We look into how Hans Lueders uses #data to test his theory that #regime change makes citizens' #political attitudes malleable. Read his full article, “When Democracy Brings Insecurity,” here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
Got Theory? Mai Hassan and Kathleen Klaus theorize that the property rights gap in #Kenya is less likely to close in #autocratic #regimes compared to #democratic regimes. Learn more about the centrality of land to Keynan #politics here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
Got Theory? Andrew Rys and David A. Steinberg theorize that #globalization can have an even more profound impact on #partisan #politics, fully reversing the positions of left and right #parties. Read their full WP article here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
Do you follow WP author @kchriswell.bsky.social? While you are checking out her posts, have a read of her April issue article in which she uses the case of #Mexico to explore when and how #citizens organize to #resist #criminal group presence. doi.org/10.1353/wp.2... #StateCapacity #CivilSociety
Today in Encode/Decode: Jeffrey A. Friedman uses a #preregistered #survey #experiment to show how #presidential #candidates use unpopular #foreign #policies to portray attractive personal traits. Read how it affects voters here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
Using interviews and #geospatial #data from two South African provinces, @dyzenhaus.bsky.social finds in his April article that landholders made #land #reform work for them and in doing so, "the redistribution of land reinforced past forms of #segregation." #race #SouthAfrica doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
Got Theory? @chknutsen.bsky.social and @palinakolvani.bsky.social do. In their WP article they theorize how #regime type and #statecapacity shape the abilities and incentives of #political #leaders to respond to #COVID-19. Read their full article here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
It’s time to Hype that Hypothesis! In his article, “Concept Misformation in the Age of Democratic Anxiety,” Kurt Weyland hypothesizes that #political and #technological #developments may have contributed to terminological loosening. Discover what this means for all of us: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
Encode/Decode! Maayan Mor and Carles Boix employ #data to prove their hypothesis that #socialist #parties in #Europe nominated #working-class candidates where the share of working-class voters was close to the #electoral threshold needed to win a seat. doi.org/10.1353/wp.2... #vote
